I have grown my own pods, and have had tea from fresh and dried pods, with many different batches. I have gotten the full effect this tea, and them some. I agree with Blah, I do not find it that sedating at all, infact the thebaine content gives a stimulant effect that I dont enjoy. Of course if you take enough, the morphine overpowers this stimulation, but it all depends on the pods. I have made this tea many times, and I just think it has too many unwanted alkaloids to be enjoyable. Plus, im not a big fan of morphine, which besides codeine, is the most sought after alkaloid in tea. I prefer pure mu-agonist, in pharmaceutical form, like fentanyl, where I know the dose, and know exactly what drug it contains. I suppose tea is better than nothing, but its the bottom on my list.
I still like pods, but for extracting of putty, purification into morphine, and conversion to heroin. What ive made is around the potency and quality of "chyerna", which is not much higher than tar heroin. In anycase, pods are good, for making heroin that is.....